Comments on: Mall or Nothing: The Battle Over Syosset Shopping Center

By: Klaus

Klaus — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:57:24 +0000

2000: Look Mother Theresa, I didnt bring it up. The original Idolator post made the ccjreotune that 4,900 sales wasnt that impressive, given the EPs BNM status. The post implied that it WAS some sort of a competition, and that Grizzly Bear was doing poorly. I was merely bringing up Flying Club Cup in order to put the number in perspective and demonstrate that its really not a disappointing figure at all. Makes sense, really.

By: alex

alex — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:02:51 +0000

I want a mall in jericho. I like beautiful stores, exciting new designers, new fancy restaurants. This is an upscale community. It needs an upscale mall. It would raise the level of the community. and would complement lovely lifetime fitness. You can make affordable housing in a less desirable area. We need to raise the community not lower it.

By: STeve

STeve — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 16:45:30 +0000

I have a GREAT IDEA. Since it’s clear the NIMBY’s don’t want the tax revenue, why not sell the land to the FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS?
That way, we can reduce overcrowding and stop worrying about the prisoners’ feelings. The NIMBYS can stop worrying about grade school children hanging out at the malls too. Simon can stop reaching into its pocket to prevent the mall from happening. See? Everybody’s happy!

By: George Sullivan Jr

George Sullivan Jr — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:16:40 +0000

Sounds to me like the rich are getting richer and the middle class people are poorer then the poor. THIS GOES TO ALL YOU POLITICIANS AND SITE DEVELOPERS >>>> why do we need another mall? Isn’t Walt Whitman, Roosevelt Field, or Smith Haven big enough? I guess this means that Tanger Riverhead and Tanger Deer Park aren’t big enough either? Why do you need another big a** mall with the same crap stores inside? Nobody wants to work retail anymore. Syosset already has enough traffic as is. LIE rush hour, Robbins Lane during rush hour, and Jericho Tpke no matter what time of day! NO this mall WILL NOT create more “interesting” jobs, and NO IT WILL NOT lower taxes. Long Island economy is hurting really bad. People cannot afford bread, milk, soup, or even gas anymore, so why are you gonna bnuild a mall? To hurt us more? This site developer wants nothing to do with the mall but money out of this mall so he can sit on his big fat a** on top of his money and laugh at us!
Politicians…why not build something more realistical? Something like Dairy Queen? Or a railroad hub for trucks and freight trains (New York and Atlantic RailRoad) can meet and distribute goods? Something like a playground or inside fun park for kids so they don’t sit in front of a computer screen all day? Or something like a small amusement park such as Nunleys that used to be in Freeport? Or someting like a musuem that deals with something for all ages? Or a farmers market like the one that used to be on South Broadway in Hicksville/Bethpage? Or FACTORY? We need industry to come to the Island! No more endorsing China or Japan! Let’s start making/creating product with our own bare hands!

By: Stephen Gyetko

Stephen Gyetko — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:22:04 +0000

Great. More malls with high end anchor stores that sell expensive crap the people can’t afford. What about housing? And by housing, I mean AFFORDABLE HOUSING. The kind of housing that young people, with degrees and skills that Long Island needs to thrive and survive. They can’t afford the housing on Long Island,so they move away and take their degrees and skills and about 40 years of tax paying, job holding income generating spending and kids and everything else with them to enrich someplace else. Why must we shoot ourselves in the foot? Affordable housing NOW!

By: CB

CB — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:18:52 +0000

Mr. Hudson, I’m not sure what meeting you attended but please be aware that Taubman does not only build high end malls (unless you consider Penneys, Sears and Macys to be high end stores). If you do research on his properties listed on his website, you will find one (Arizona Mills) owned by Simon, one (Dolphin Mall in Miami) has become an outlet mall as well as Great Lakes Outlets in Michigan (built as an actual outlet center). Most of his malls consist of Penneys, Sears and Macys. A few have Nordstrom and Bloomingdales. His malls (with the exception of maybe 3) rival Roosevelt Field and Walt Whitman in terms of stores. I was only able to find 3 with stores that rival Miracle Mile.

By: Scott Hudson

Scott Hudson — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:14 +0000

I went to one of the neighborhood meetings the other night and learned that the proposed mall will be nothing like The Source or Broadway Mall. Taubman only builds high end malls — the tenants will be like Americana in Manhasset or better. The market research staff at SUNY confirmed that Long Island loses a lot of sales tax from that type of shopping because customers go to Manhattan or New Jersey. Taubman wouldn’t be trying to spend millions of dollars without any public subsidy to build the Syosset Mall if there wasn’t a market.

By: mtime

mtime — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:03:07 +0000

I agree with the first two posters. Enough with these oversized malls. We don’t need more shopping centers. What we need is a better plan for affordable housing, infrastructure, and greater balance between retail and open spaces. We have sold out what once was a very good place to live just to have super malls and an excessive amount of retail. There is very little work or industry to create true sustainability here. Sadly this is why our population will continue to decrease. There is very little to entice people to settle here.

By: yourekidding

yourekidding — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:28:48 +0000

I am missing something. Stores are empty, businesses are struggling and more competition will make them struggle more… and the stores sell things that are in other stores.. and many of us do not have all this disposable income to waste right now. And Long Island does not need another eyesore mall!!! The jobs will be there to build the darn thing– then what? It is a vicious circle.

By: polara

polara — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:46:45 +0000

I thought this stupid thing was dead and buried. LI needs another mall like we need another water or garbage district. The Fortunoff/Source Mall is 3/4 empty, a new retail palace is being built just down the street on the old Avis site and there are vacant storefronts all over. Yes, the trades will pick up some work but, after that, the only jobs will be retail help poached from other stores that have gone out of business. And, oh yeah, the Broadway Mall is pretty close and it has vacancies as well. If they want to use the land for something that IS needed, how about some workforce housing? Throw a small strip mall in there w/ the requisite deli, pizza place, dry cleaners, etc. and call it a day. Another mall, yeah, right.

By: Gary

Gary — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:01:24 +0000

“under-retailed.” that most be some sort of joke. The Source mall is empty. High end retail in a bad economy doesn’t sound like a great plan. Their are empty store fronts across the Island we don’t need anymore retail.